Nutrition Tip December 25 2010
What can a little water do for you?
- Boost your Metabolism. It takes about 70 calories to warm your daily 64 ounces of ice water to body temperature. In one week, that’s ~500 calories burned!
- Help you lose fat. Fat Breakdown creates byproducts that must be flushed from the system. Without adequate fluid, your metabolism of fat may come to a halt!
- Keep you healthy – to avoid seasonal colds, flus, and other bugs, use water in 2 ways: 1) Drink enough to stay hydrated and flush your system and 2) wash your hands!
- Help you control intake. Many experts believe that we misread thirst for hunger and overeat instead of hydrate – that’s a big mistake when trying to lose weight – always drink some ice-cold water first!
- Keep you looking youthful. Dehydration has a direct affect on your skin. Water will plump your cells and reduce signs of aging.
By Kelli Jennings of www.apexnutritionllc.com.
Darryl, Thanks for the well written article, it was inspiring and powerful.